Blake Lively Opens Up About Participating in the Women's March in an Instagram Post

Millions of women, men, and children participated in this weekend's Women's March, making it the largest demonstration in U.S. history. (YESSSS, girl power!) Joining the peaceful protests in cities across the world were countless celebrities lending their name to the important cause, including Katy Perry, Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham, Emma Watson, Madonna, Chrissy Teigen, Uzo Aduba, and dozens more. The march even saw Blake Lively reunite with her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costar Amber Tamblyn in New York, but the demonstration was about much more than just running into an old friend. Lively revealed in a powerful post why she marched, and her words—like the thousands of brilliant signs—will inspire you.

After participating in the Women's March in New York City on Saturday, Lively posted an Instagram shot of herself and a fellow marcher, with the sign "Trump: Let's Make America Kind Again." She captioned the image with her motivation for marching:

I marched for my daughters, for my friends, for strangers, formyself, for Phoebe here in this picture who I met as she motivatedeveryone she came across. My march wasn'tdriven by hate. It was rooted in a very simple fact—we are all equal.I believe everyone can agree on that. Thank you to everyone whomarched all over the world. I felt so hopeful and deeply grateful.

This isn't the first time Blake Lively has moved us with her words. During her recent People's Choice Awards acceptance speech, she spoke about the importance of women speaking out. "When you guys voted for this, you didn't just vote for this movie or me, but you voted for girl power," she said. "Thank you for sending a message to Hollywood that people want to hear stories about women, and we want to hear your stories, whether social media, your iPhone, whatever. Tell your stories, now more than ever. You need to be heard. You are valuable, and no one can limit you."